R. Chandru

R. Chandru is a Kannada film writer and director. He debuted with the successful 2008 film Taj Mahal.^[1]

Personal life

Chandru hails from Keshavavara a small village in Chikkabalapur taluk near Bangalore. His parents are small farmers. He himself also a part-time farmer and works in the fields during the weekends.

Career

Chandru started his film career assisting directors like S. Narayan and Dayal Padmanabhan. He wrote dialogues for S. Narayan's tele-serials. He took on directorial responsibilities in 2008 with the romantic film Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal was initially made with actor Sunil Raoh in mind, but due to personal reasons, Sunil backed out. Ajay Rao was cast instead. The film released in mid July, and went on to be one of the biggest hits of 2008. Chandru was appreciated for his sensitive handling of the tragic love story. Chandru was paid no remuneration for the film, but he retained the story rights and reported sold the remake rights for 80 lakhs to Telugu and Tamil.

Chandru took up the film Prem Kahaani next which was also in romance genre. He chose to repeat Ajay Rao in the film. Sheela of Paragu fame played the lead actress. In 2010, he cast one of the leading stars of Kannada cinema, Shivarajkumar for his next directorial Mylari. The film went on to become one of the biggest hits of the year. In 2011, he directed Ko Ko starring Srinagar Kitty and Priyamani which got released in early 2012. The film did not do well at the box-office. In 2012, he directed the hit movie Charminar with Prem Kumar and Meghana Gaonkar in the lead roles.^[2] It released in the early part of 2013.

Currently, he is directing the much expected Brahma with Upendra and Pranitha Subhash in the lead roles.

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